niyam
ni-√ yam P. -yacCati , to stop ( trans. ), hold back, detain with ( loc. ) ; ( Ā. ) to stop ( intrans. ), stay, remain, RV. ; to keep back, refuse; ( Ā. ) to fail, be wanting, ib. ; to fasten, tie to ( loc. ), bind up (hair &c.), ib. &c. &c.; to hold over, extend ( Sarma ), AV. ; to hold downwards (the hand), TS. ; to bring near, procure, bestow, grant, offer, present (rain, gifts &c.), RV. ; AV. ; Br. &c.; to hold in, keep down, restrain, control, govern, regulate (as breath, the voice, the organs of sense &c.), Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to suppress or conceal (one's nature), Mn. x, 59 ; to destroy, annihilate ( opp. to √ sfj ), BhP. ; to restrict (food &c.; cf. below); to fix upon, settle, determine, establish, Sarvad. ; Kathās. ; BhP. , Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 3, 66 ; (in gram. ) to lower, pronounce low i.e. with the Anudātta , RPrāt. : Caus. -yamayati , to restrain, curb, check, suppress, restrict, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.